The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
The concept of status quo comes from the diplomatic term status quo ante bellum, meaning as it was before war, referring to the withdrawal of enemy troops and restoration of power to prewar leadership. Arguing to preserve the status quo is usually done in the context of opposing a large, often radical change.